OMMA Catalogue Raisonné
The OMMA Catalogue Raisonné documents accessioned holdings in the Origins of Modern Music Archive. Completed entries include physical description, edition identification, provenance, verification notes, market context, canonical status, and source documentation.
Entries marked In production identify accessioned works currently undergoing catalogue preparation. Entries without a status label indicate completed catalogue records.
Early Roots, Blues, Jazz & Pre-Rock Foundations
Foundational commercial recordings from early blues, jazz, pre-rock popular music, and related vernacular traditions.
- Louis Armstrong In production
- Miles Davis In production
- Robert Johnson In production
- Original Dixieland Jass Band
- Mamie Smith In production
- Muddy Waters
Gospel, Early R&B & Vocal-Group Foundations
Gospel-rooted, early rhythm-and-blues, doo-wop, vocal-group, and transitional recordings that precede or directly feed soul, rock and roll, and modern Black popular music.
- Chuck Berry In production
- Sam Cooke In production
- Aretha Franklin
- The Penguins In production
Soul & R&B
Post-gospel and post-R&B vocal traditions, including soul, modern R&B, and related singer-centered Black popular music.
- Ray Charles In production
- Marvin Gaye
- Bill Withers
- Stevie Wonder In production
Funk, Disco & Dance-Floor Foundations
Groove-centered and dance-floor traditions linking funk, disco, club culture, and later electronic dance music.
- Bee Gees
- James Brown and the Famous Flames
- Parliament-Funkadelic In production
- Donna Summer In production
Pop, Vocal Pop & Singer-Songwriter Traditions
Mainstream commercial music, vocal pop, teen pop, singer-songwriter recordings, and mass-audience popular music lineages.
- ABBA
- Adele
- BTS
- Céline Dion
- Madonna In production
- Bruno Mars In production
- Simon & Garfunkel In production
- Frank Sinatra
- Taylor Swift In production
- James Taylor
- “Weird Al” Yankovic In production
Hip-Hop & Rap
Foundational and debut-era physical releases in rap, hip-hop, DJ culture, mixtape culture, and adjacent MC traditions.
- 50 Cent In production
- Beastie Boys
- DJ Playero In production
- Dr. Dre In production
- Eazy-E
- Missy Elliott In production
- Eminem
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five In production
- Lauryn Hill In production
- Ice-T In production
- Jay-Z In production
- Kendrick Lamar In production
- LL Cool J In production
- MF Doom In production
- N.W.A.
- Nas In production
- Notorious B.I.G.
- Outkast In production
- Public Enemy In production
- Rakim / Eric B. & Rakim In production
- Run-D.M.C. In production
- Salt-N-Pepa In production
- Sugarhill Gang In production
- Tupac
- Wu-Tang Clan
Electronic, Dance & DJ Culture
Electronic music, techno, house, trance, drum and bass, DJ culture, synth-pop, and related dance-music origins.
- The Age of Love In production
- Aphex Twin
- Juan Atkins / Model 500
- Daft Punk
- Deadmau5
- Drexciya
- Martin Garrix In production
- Goldie
- Calvin Harris In production
- Frankie Knuckles In production
- Kraftwerk In production
- Marshall Jefferson In production
- Massive Attack In production
- A Number of Names In production
- Phuture In production
- Jesse Saunders
- Tiësto In production
- Armin van Buuren In production
- The xx In production
- Yellow Magic Orchestra In production
Rock, Beat & Alternative
Rock, pop-rock, British Invasion, classic rock, folk-rock, indie, alternative, garage rock, and related band-centered traditions.
- Arctic Monkeys In production
- The Beatles In production
- Elvis
- Fleetwood Mac In production
- Geese
- Grateful Dead
- Janis Joplin In production
- The Killers
- Nirvana
- The Police
- Radiohead
- The Strokes In production
- Jack White and the White Stripes
Punk, Hardcore, Metal & Heavy Music
Punk, hardcore punk, heavy metal, heavy alternative music, and related high-intensity guitar traditions.
- Black Sabbath In production
- Green Day
- Guns N’ Roses In production
- Iron Maiden In production
- Metallica In production
- Ramones
- Sex Pistols
- Turnstile In production
Country, Folk & Americana
Country, bluegrass, Americana, and related American folk-commercial traditions.
- Johnny Cash
- Loretta Lynn
- Chris Stapleton In production
Global, Reggae & International Popular Music
Reggae, global popular music, non-Anglo-American origin points, and internationally significant regional recording traditions.
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- João Gilberto In production
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo In production
- Ravi Shankar In production
- Seo Taiji and Boys In production
- Peter Tosh In production